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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, from Kentucky, departs the Strom Thurmond room after a Senate Republican caucus meeting about the fiscal cliff Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"Fiscal cliff' deal includes 'farm bill' agreement that will prevent spike in milk prices

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A potential doubling of milk prices will be averted as part of the compromise that White House and congressional bargainers reached on wide-ranging legislation to avert the...

news / nation Tue, Jan 01, 2013 - 7:23am

Details of Senate bill averting 'fiscal cliff'

Highlights of a bill approved Tuesday by the Senate aimed at averting wide tax increases and budget cuts scheduled to take effect in the new year. The measure would raise...

news / nation Tue, Jan 01, 2013 - 7:11am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, from Nevada, talks with a journalist as the elevator doors close as he departs the Capitol after a vote about the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill early Tuesday morning in Washington. The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate passes bill dealing with 'fiscal cliff' problem, House to vote later today

Related article: Senate passes bill dealing with fiscal cliff, House to vote later today WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending...

news / nation Tue, Jan 01, 2013 - 7:08am

The moon rises behind the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington as Congress works into the late evening, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 to resolve the stalemate over the pending "fiscal cliff." (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

House won't vote before midnight on 'fiscal cliff' deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the "fiscal cliff." House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday...

news / nation Mon, Dec 31, 2012 - 3:49pm

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. arrives Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington as leaders in the Senate and the House face pressure to find a legislative path to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sources: 'Fiscal cliff' deal may be emerging

WASHINGTON — The contours of a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" emerged today, with Democrats and Republicans agreeing to raise tax rates on family income over $450,000 a year,...

news / nation Mon, Dec 31, 2012 - 12:20pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday as fiscal cliff negotiations continued. Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans in Congress narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Progress seen in last-minute 'Fiscal Cliff' talks

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases. Congressional officials familiar...

news / nation Mon, Dec 31, 2012 - 9:23am

Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained...

news / nation Sun, Dec 30, 2012 - 7:17pm

Deal reached for stopping spike in milk prices

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in...

news / nation Sun, Dec 30, 2012 - 5:09pm

President Barack Obama waves to reporters as he steps off the Marine One helicopter and walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, as he returns early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House meeting today is a last stab at a fiscal deal

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid partisan bluster, top members of Congress and President Barack Obama were holding out slim hopes for a limited fiscal deal before the new year. But even...

news / nation Fri, Dec 28, 2012 - 10:37am

No deal in sight as deadline for fiscal deal nears

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A last-gasp effort Thursday to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts got off on the same convulsive, partisan tone that marked congressional attempts to resolve the...

news / nation Thu, Dec 27, 2012 - 11:57am

Obama cuts vacation short as 'fiscal cliff' looms

HONOLULU (AP) -- With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning...

news / nation Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 7:49am

Unable to garner votes, Boehner holds off on 'Plan B' vote

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Confronted with a revolt among the rank and file, House Republicans abruptly scrapped a vote Thursday night on legislation allowing tax rates to rise for households earning...

news / nation Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 9:26pm

House GOP puts off vote on 'Plan B'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Confronted with a revolt among the rank and file, House Republicans abruptly scrapped a vote Thursday night on legislation allowing tax rates to rise for households earning...

news / nation Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 8:30pm

House GOP plans vote on fiscal cliff 'Plan B'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-controlled House pushed ahead Thursday with a bill that would raise taxes on people earning over $1 million a year as hopes faded for a pre-Christmas...

news / nation Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 1:04pm

Medicare premiums could rise for many retirees

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a health care change that President Barack Obama and Republicans both embrace: Expand a current, little-known law so more retirees the government considers well-off are required...

news / nation Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 7:26am

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